Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories Due Out May 7 on Jagjaguwar
Mar 30, 2021By Joey Arnone
Angel Olsen has announced a new box set, Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories, which will be out on May 7 via Jagjaguwar. The set features Olsen’s albums All Mirrorsand Whole New Mess, along with a bonus LP titled Far Memory and a 40-page book collection. Olsen has also shared a new song from Far Memory titled “It’s Every Season (Whole New Mess),” an alternate version of the title track from Whole New Mess which was recorded during the All Mirrors sessions. More
Hand Habits (the project of Meg Duffy) has announced a new EP, dirt EP, which will be released on February 19 via Saddle Creek. Duffy has also shared a video for the first song and lead single from the EP, “4th of july.” More
Cass McCombs is encouraging his U.S. fans to vote next Tuesday with the new track “Don’t (Just) Vote,” which features the eclectic guest cast of Angel Olsen, Bob Weir, and Noam Chomsky. It is a new version of his misunderstood 2011 song “Don’t Vote,” which, despite its title, was actually also a get out the vote song. More
Angel Olsen released a new album, Whole New Mess, in August via Jagjaguwar. Now she has performed a brand new song on her Instagram account. It is 11 minutes long and called “Time Bandits.” More
Angel Olsen released a new album, Whole New Mess, in August via Jagjaguwar. Now she has done a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert for NPR Music, performing four songs remotely. More
Angel Olsen has released a new album, Whole New Mess, today via Jagjaguwar. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, today we posted our review of the album. More
Plus IAN SWEET, Angel Olsen, Tomberlin, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 21, 2020By Christopher Roberts (with Jennifer Irving and Samantha Small)
Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2020. The Democrats had a virtual Democratic National Convention and made a convincing case against reelecting Donald Trump and for electing Joe Biden. Not that we needed convincing. More
A few weeks ago Angel Olsen announced a new album, Whole New Mess, and shared its first single, title track “Whole New Mess,” via a video for it. Now she’s back with another single, “Waving, Smiling.” She’s also shared a video of her performing the song live from Asheville’s Masonic Temple. Check out both the song and live video below.
Plus Wye Oak, Ela Minus, Glass Animals, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 31, 2020By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small and Jennifer Irving)
Welcome to the 30th Songs of the Week of 2020. This week President Trump suggested that November’s election be pushed back, something he thankfully has no authority to do. Meanwhile on the same day three other living presidents were honoring the late Congressman John Lewis, with President Barack Obama’s moving eulogy offering a stark contrast to the current commander in chief. More
Yesterday Angel Olsen announced a new album, Whole New Mess, and shared its first single, title track “Whole New Mess,” via a video for it. As promised, last night she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing “Whole New Mess” solo in an empty space. More
Whole New Mess Due Out August 28 via Jajaguwar; Mainly Features Stripped Down Versions of All Mirrors Tracks
Jul 28, 2020By Christopher Roberts
Angel Olsen has announced a new album, Whole New Mess, and shared its first single, title track “Whole New Mess,” via a video for it. The album mainly features stripped down versions of the songs found on last year’s acclaimed All Mirrors album, but also features two new songs. More
Cosmic Streams Livestream Concert Series Starts Tonight with Half Way Home Performance
Jun 18, 2020By Christopher Roberts
Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, last October via Jagjaguwar. Now she has shared a remix of one of the album’s highlights, “New Love Cassette,” by Mark Ronson. Also, Cosmic Streams, her ticketed livestream concert series, starts tonight with Olsen performing her debut solo album, 2012’s Half Way Home, in its entirety. More
Still At Home: An Evening of Songs on Piano and Guitar Live Stream Concert This Saturday to Benefit Her Touring Band and Road Crew
Apr 09, 2020By Christopher Roberts
Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, last October via Jagjaguwar. Now she has shared a remix of the title track, “All Mirrors,” by Johnny Jewel of Chromatics (and various other projects, including Glass Candy and Desire). More
Still At Home: An Evening of Songs on Piano and Guitar This Saturday to Benefit Her Touring Band and Road Crew
Apr 07, 2020By Christopher Roberts
Angel Olsen has shared an at-home cover of Tori Amos’ “Winter.” She has also announced Still At Home: An Evening of Songs on Piano and Guitar, a ticketed live streamed full concert this Saturday, with proceeds going to benefit her touring band and road crew, as well as the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Effort. More
Angel Olsen has joined the litany of musicians who have performed from their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the mass self-quarantine, covering Roxy Music’s “More Than This” and posting it to her Instagram account. More
Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, last October via Jagjaguwar. Now she has stopped by SiriusXM to cover “More Than You Know,” a song first published in 1929. More
Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, in October via Jagjaguwar. Last night she stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform two songs from the album: “Summer” on the broadcast show and “Chance” as a web-exclusive. More
Plus Cate Le Bon and Bradford Cox, Chromatics, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 04, 2019By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We had to skip it last week because we were too busy announcing our new print issue, the My Favorite Album Issue with Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the covers (buy it here), and also we weren’t overly inspired by last week’s selection of new tracks. So this week we cover the best songs of the last two weeks. More
Plus Stream the New Albums from DIIV, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Wilco, Chromatics, that dog., Lightning Dust, and Danny Brown
Oct 04, 2019By Christopher Roberts
Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, today via Jagjaguwar and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album here. Also here are streams of other notable albums released today: DIIV, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Wilco, Chromatics, that dog., Lightning Dust, and Danny Brown. More
She Performed “All Mirrors” (Plus Pick Up Our New Print Issue with Olsen on the Cover)
Oct 04, 2019By Christopher Roberts
Angel Olsen has released a new album, All Mirrors, today via Jagjaguwar. Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s title track, “All Mirrors.” She was aided by a string section for a stunning performance. Also, now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. Plus, read our rave 9/10 review of it and don’t forget that Olsen is on the cover of our new print issue, the My Favorite Album Issue. More
Issue 66 Features Musicians and Actors on Their All-Time Favorite Albums, including Tegan and Sara, Wilco, Weyes Blood, Sigur Rós, Fred Armisen, Topher Grace, Jay Baruchel, Low, and more
Sep 27, 2019By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More
Plus Water From Your Eyes, Holy Fuck, Moon Duo, Tindersticks, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 13, 2019By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We knew this week’s #1 song would be our #1 the moment we heard it. It might be the #1 Song of the Year even, we’ll see. More
Angel Olsen is releasing a new album, All Mirrors, on October 4 via Jagjaguwar. Previously she shared a haunting black & white video for its title track, “All Mirrors,” which was #1 on our Songs of the Week list. Now she has shared the album’s epic second single, “Lark,” also via a stunning video. More
Plus Blanck Mass, Cross Record, Girl Ray, Bodywash, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 02, 2019By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. As soon as this week’s #1 song was shared on Tuesday morning we knew it would be the song to beat this week and it easily held off all challengers. Although, there were strong showings at #2 and #3 too. More
Angel Olsen has announced a new album, All Mirrors, and shared a haunting black & white video for its title track. She has also announced some new European tour dates. All Mirrors is due out October 4 via Jagjaguwar. Watch the “All Mirrors” video below, followed by the album’s tracklist and her upcoming tour dates. Above is the album’s cover art. More
Plus Devendra Banhart, Metronomy, Luke Temple, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 21, 2019By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It’s a supersized edition, with a Top 12 instead of a Top 10. A ton of new albums were announced in the last week and then there were some albums and EPs released today featuring non-single tracks we’ve been dying to share in Songs of the Week. More
Mark Ronson is releasing a new album, Late Night Feelings, tomorrow (June 21) via Sony. Now he has shared one last pre-release song from the album, “True Blue,” and it features the guest vocals of Angel Olsen. More
Angel Olsen has announced some fall North American tour dates that will be her first full band tour since 2017. They include shows across the country in October, November, and December. Vagabon will support most dates. More
For My Crimes Due Out September 28 via Sacred Bones and Bella Union
Jun 26, 2018By Christopher Roberts
Marissa Nadler has announced a new album, For My Crimes, and shared its title track, which features backing vocals from Angel Olsen. For My Crimes is due out September 28 via Sacred Bones and Bella Union. Check out “For My Crimes”below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, as well as her upcoming tour dates. More
September North American Dates Will Partly Benefit Charity DirectRelief
May 01, 2018By Christopher Roberts
Angel Olsen has announced some September North American tour dates she is dubbing the “Tiny Dreams” tour. It will be her first solo tour since 2014 and a press release promises that she will be “playing sets that will include her early catalog, new unreleased material, and a lot that falls in between.” More
Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand are releasing a new album, Always Ascending, this Friday (February 9) via their longtime label Domino. Now they have done a session for SiriusXM where they have covered Angel Olsen‘s “Shut Up Kiss Me,” from her fantastic 2016 album, MY WOMAN. More
Olsen Covers The Everly Brothers' "Since You Broke My Heart" and Spoon Cover David Bowie's "I Can't Give Everything Away"
Jan 23, 2018By Christopher Roberts
Angel Olsen was the guest on the Canadian radio show The Strombo Show, hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos. She did a cover of The Everly Brothers’ “Since You Broke My Heart” and performed two of her songs, “Lonely Universe” (from Half Way Home) and “Some Things Cosmic” (from the Strange Cacti EP). More
Sonny Smith's Rod For Your Love Due Out March 2 via Easy Eye Sound
Jan 04, 2018By Christopher Roberts
Sonny Smith (of Sonny and the Sunsets and other projects) is releasing a new solo album, Rod For Your Love, on March 2 via Easy Eye Sound. Now he has shared another song from it, “Burnin’ Up,” via its video. More
Plus The Weeknd, Eminem, Fleet Foxes, alt-J, Perfume Genius, Moses Sumney, Angel Olsen, First Aid Kit, Japanese Breakfast, and Others
Jan 03, 2018By Christopher Roberts
Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2018 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday April 13 and 20 is headlined by The Weeknd, Saturday April 14 and 21 is headlined by Beyoncé, and Sunday April 15 and 22 is headlined by Eminem. More
Last night Angel Olsen kicked off her latest tour at the Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, VA. During the set she covered the David Bowie classic “Five Years,” the opening track to 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.More
Phases is the name of Angel Olsen‘s new release, and that might seem to be accurate enough when you consider it’s a collection of rarities that span the St. Louis songstress’ burgeoning career. More
In 2016 Angel Olsen released a fantastic new album, MY WOMAN, via Jagjaguwar. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. While she hasn’t announced its follow-up album yet, today (via Jagjaguwar) she released Phases, a new collection of B-sides, rarities, and demos, including some previously unreleased tracks. Now you can stream the whole album. More
This Friday, November 10 (via Jagjaguwar) Angel Olsen is releasing Phases, a new collection of B-sides, rarities, and demos, including some previously unreleased tracks. Now she has shared another song from Phases, “Sans,” which is a previously unreleased home demo from 2015. She also performed the song on Morning Becomes Eclectic, on the Los Angeles public radio station KCRW. More
Plus Angel Olsen, TORRES, Stars, Cults, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 22, 2017By Christopher Roberts
We’re back down to eight Songs of the Week, after promising last week to stick with a Top 10 for awhile. But it was a slow week for new tracks. Still, there were some clear gems this week, as you will see below, with an easy choice for top song. More
In 2016 Angel Olsen released a fantastic new album, MY WOMAN, via Jagjaguwar. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. While she hasn’t announced its follow-up album yet, she has announced Phases, a new collection of B-sides, rarities, and demos, including some previously unreleased tracks that’s due out November 10 via Jagjaguwar. More
Plus: Glass Animals, Cut Copy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chance the Rapper, Solange, The Killers, Run the Jewels, Car Seat Headrest, and Others
May 04, 2017By Christopher Roberts
Austin City Limits have announced the lineup of their 2017 festival to go down in the Texas capitol this October. The event is headlined by Gorillaz, The xx, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Martin Garrix, and Chance the Rapper. More
Grandaddy, Run the Jewels, Perfume Genius, MGMT, Iggy Pop, Slowdive, Little Dragon, Solange, The Drums, and Many Others Set for Los Angeles Fest in July
Mar 21, 2017By Christopher Roberts
FYF Fest has announced its 2017 lineup. The event is due to take place July 21 to 23 at Los Angeles’ Exposition Park. The headliners are Nine Inch Nails, Frank Ocean, Missy Elliott (her only 2017 show), and Björk. More
"Our First 100 Days" Will Include a New Song Every Day for the First 100 Days of Donald Trump's Presidency
Jan 20, 2017By Christopher Roberts
Angel Olsen has shared a brand new song, “Fly on Your Wall,” as the first offering in the “Our First 100 Days” anti-President Donald Trump project. More
"Our First 100 Days" Will Include a New Song Every Day for the First 100 Days of Trump's Presidency
Jan 13, 2017By Christopher Roberts
During the election many indie rock musicians released anti-Donald Trump songs and likely assumed, like many liberals and Hillary Clinton supporters did, that Trump didn’t have a strong chance of winning. More
Special Issue Takes On Sexism and Feminism in the Music Industry, Tackles the Election, and Features Amanda Palmer on the Cover
Sep 09, 2016By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More
Cass McCombs released his great new album, Mangy Love, a couple of weeks back via ANTI- (his first for the label). When the album was first announced he shared its funky first single, “Opposite House,” which features backing vocals from Angel Olsen. More
Angel Olsen is releasing a new album, MY WOMAN, on September 2 via Jagjaguwar. Previously she had shared videos for the album’s first two singles, “Intern” and “Shut Up Kiss Me.” Now she has shared another song from the album, the eight-minute long “Sister,” via its video. Olsen self-directed the album’s first two videos, but this time she co-directed with Conor Hagen. It features the singer/songwriter/guitarist wandering around Los Angeles and the California desert of Joshua Tree. More
Angel Olsen is releasing a new album, MY WOMAN, on September 2 via Jagjaguwar. Previously she had shared a video for the album’s first single, “Intern.” Now here’s the album’s second single, “Shut Up Kiss Me,” via its video. In it Olsen roller-skates in a roller rink while wearing a silver wig and singing the song, as well as hanging out in a car. More
Angel Olsenrecently shared a mysterious new video to the YouTube account of her label, Jagjaguwar, that was determined to be for a new song entitled “Intern” potentially from an album named MY WOMAN. Now Olsen has officially announced the album. More
Angel Olsen has shared a mysterious new video to the YouTube account of her label, Jagjaguwar. Stereogum has done some detective work and says it’s a video for a new song entitled “Intern” and is likely from her next album, which may or may not be titled My Woman. More
Cass McCombs has announced a new album, Mangy Love, and shared its first single, “Opposite House,” which features Angel Olsen. Mangy Love is due out August 26 via ANTI-. Rob Schnapf and Dan Horne produced the album. McCombs has also announced some tour dates. More
Wilco have announced some more tour dates. The June and August dates will include support from Kurt Vile and The Violators, Angel Olsen, William Tyler, Lucinda Williams, and Richard Tyler, depending on the show. More
Next week Feb. 18 will see the release of several notable new albums. Among the most anticipated is Angel Olsen‘s sophomore album Burn Your Fire for No Witness, the follow-up to her 2012 debut Half Way Home. More
Poised to release her brand new album Burn Your Fire for No Witness next week on Feb. 18, singer/songwriter Angel Olsen has shared another track off the effort titled “White Fire.” More
Burn Your Fire For No Witness is Due 2/18 Via Jagjaguwar
Jan 09, 2014By Laura Studarus
We’ve already heard “Forgiven/Forgotten,” the first single from Angel Olsen’s rough and tumble sophomore album Burn Your Fire For No Witness (due out February 18 via Jagjaguwar). Now you can take a listen to the second single “Hi-Five.” More
Everyone’s favorite hirsute troubadour/actor Will Oldham, AKA Bonnie “Prince” Billy, has announced the Fall release of his newest album Wolfroy Goes to Town. We have the details. More
Angel Olsen‘s last album, 2014’s Burn Your Fire for No Witness, was the sound of her breaking free. Filled with brash songs and strong statements, a certain pent-up aggression present in even its softer moments, the album broke her out of the mold that had previously characterized her art. More
The year 2014 is ramping up to be a big one for Angel Olsen. February saw the release of Olsen’s sophomore album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, her first with the Jagjaguwar label. More
How many versions of you are there? Would you even recognize them all as you? What if in the uniting act of consciousness, you truly do only see yourself-redoubled, duplicated, and dispersed-through others’ bodies echoing to infinity? “I just want to know that what I’m seeing is what I’m seeing and not what I’m looking for,” Angel Olsen wrote on Twitter in July. On Olsen’s rapturous fourth album, All Mirrors, this cleansed vision is precisely what she gifts us. More
Angel Olsen threw a curve ball by announcing MY WOMAN with the “Intern” video. Clad in a silver wig, her unmistakable voice was present, but it was served over a warbling synth backdrop, simultaneously both uneasy and familiar, like an Angelo Badalamenti score. More
One of the most striking things about Angel Olsen‘s solo work to date might be the fact that she initially made her bones utilizing her enviable pipes harmonizing with Will Oldham and as one of Emmett Kelly’s Cairo Gang. On her own, her songs and delivery are so cocksure that it’s no small wonder how she was ever able to comparatively keep her vocal and compositional lights under bushels. More
On Tuesday night in Philadelphia, Folkadelphia, the online radio show of local station WXPN, arranged an intimate acoustic show at West Philly’s Studio 34 yoga/healing/arts center. The show featured newcomer Brendan Codey, Philadelphia folk institution Meg Baird, and headliner Angel Olsen. More
Angel Olsen has played in a couple projects with Will Oldham, but her own musical style highlights a creative spirit more in line with such jazz singers as Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. Prepare to be amazed. More
